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It seems to me that the media in general has run the expenses claim scandal in the UK parliament to death and now they have to pick on another public body. Don’t get me wrong, it would appear that the MPs deserved a good kick up the a**e.

But the BBC? OK, so they may not be 100% transparent, but just for one moment, stop and look at what we have here. Compare the BBC to the travesty that is, on the whole, the American news media. The BBC is pretty constantly neutral and does an amazing job. It provides excellent coverage across a huge spectrum of the community on an extremely wide range of cultural and political issues.

The BBC has to be respected and nurtured, not undermined and used as a political pawn.

Yes, it uses our hard earned cash to fund it, but who doesn’t use it to some degree? It is worth much more than the £142.50 it costs per year. That is less than £3 per month for a ridiculous amount of choice and quality programming.

We don’t realise how lucky we are as a country to have a world renowned broadcaster that is basically free to all, is impartial and not owned by a large corporation with its own political agenda.

Come on UK. Think before you take the easy option and jump on the media bandwagon of slagging of a gem in the world of broadcasting.